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    Sinus infection photos

    My elderly pea-loving neighbor came and got me today and mentioned his peahen was ill. I went over to see what was wrong and found her gagging and mouth breathing. Periodically she made a sound like a kid swallowing snot. (Sorry, I don't have another good way to describe it.) I didn't see...
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    Split Lower Beak

    My TT (lame) male bird just came up to me in the pen while I was sitting there, and I noticed his lower beak is split lengthwise. It doesn't extend as far as his tongue, and so far he is eating and drinking okay. It looks as though it may have been there for awhile. I'm worried if it gets...
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    Happy Mother's Day 2016!!!

    Happy Mother's Day to all our Moms -- pea and people!!!
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    Ivomec Pour-On?? Frontline Spray??

    What dosage & application site have you tried when using Ivomec Pour-On to control external parasites (lice etc.) on peafowl? I have heard perhaps 1/2 cc - 1 cc per bird -- is this an appropriate amount? Where do you put it? I understand that this may (perhaps) not work on all lice or may be...
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    Court of Appeals rules for the chickens!

    Latest news in a court battle over keeping chickens in El Dorado (near Santa Fe, NM): http://www.abqjournal.com/750596/news/court-reverses-chicken-decision.html The chickens win this round!
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    Peachick with slipped tendon

    Came home yesterday evening to discover poor chick #5 had slipped a tendon -- arghhh!!! He was perfect when I left, and has been doing great for days. While I waffle about whether it could be related to his earlier spraddle (this poor little guy has been through a lot already), as sound as...
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    Peachicks of 2016 photos -- Let's see the babies!!!

    Not sure if mine are the first, but the others won't be far behind. Here's the latest at my house (chick #4), who just popped out this evening: And here are the first 3 chicks in their spiffy makeshift double-decker brooder -- good thing that Mikey is too big to slip out of the dog crate...
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    Doramectin -- Dectomax

    While I was cruising the vet supply store today, I came across "doramectin" -- brand name Dectomax -- which is another "mectin" wormer. Here's the one I found: I apologize for the poor photo quality. Has anyone used this in birds? Any idea whether it is effective? How would I dose...
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    Early signs of sinus infection?

    For those of you who have dealt with sinus infections (my peas have never had one that I've seen), what were the first things you noticed? One of my peas is tending to keep one eye closed -- but is still using it -- and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. There's no swelling that...
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    Rooster Booster "Wormer"

    Has anyone else looked up the info on Rooster Booster Triple Wormer? Someone mentioned it in another thread a day or two ago. I was horrified to see that the active ingredients are two low dose antibiotics used as growth enhancers. This is EXACTLY the sort of stuff that we have been...
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    Ailing wee Pea

    Oh dear. The little purple pied spalding hen chick was not looking cheerful all day, and spent most of the day in the bird house. When I went on first egg patrol this evening, I found her outside the bird house, crouching in a corner in the dark. The big hen sometimes kicks her out, but I...
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    Field trip to the feed store

    Had to go pick up more game bird crumble yesterday evening, and found some interesting things at the feed store. I just love this little, independent feed store... When was the last time your counter help was the owner, and you got a hand-written receipt? I saw this anti-pick juice and...
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    Nutritional needs during egg laying

    I've noticed since she started laying that my hen is up earlier and looking for food, and she seems to be spending a lot more time wandering around picking at food than the other birds. How much do the nutritional needs change when a peahen goes into a laying cycle? It makes sense that she...
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    Early Christmas present

    I KID YOU NOT!!!
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    Ruffly hen

    I've been watching my adult BS hen very closely the last couple of days... seems like she has been carrying her wings a little lower, but she often drops them a bit when she is wandering around inspecting the ground for bird goodies, so not anything I could say for sure. This morning, however...
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    Pea-people who can speak French?

    Yippee Jacky, a pea-person from France, has posted back on the UPA forum that he will join us over here at BYC. But he is concerned about his lack of English speaking skills. I told him not to worry about it. Who else speaks French (not that mine is all that great), so I can tell him...
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    Fish "baytril"

    Okay, here's a goofy idea -- @casportpony , what do you think? Baytril -- more specifically, enrofloxacin, which is the generic name for the medicine which is sold as Baytril, and which requires a vet prescription for the injectable liquid and the dog tablets, is also used for FISH. It...
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    Feather oddities

    Big Blue is still stomping around, fanning instead of eating what with the warm weather and all... He kept backing into me in the pen this morning, and I noticed what looked like a butterfly in his train -- very cute. When I looked closer, I realized he has one tail feather which is barred...
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    Leucistic genes in peafowl

    Okay, this is a topic that has fascinated me for a long time, and I've read lots of different opinions over the past several years. I thought I more or less understood what appeared to be the general consensus on silver pied birds... Appearance-wise -- 80-90% white, plus white eye...
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    Nipple watering system for Peafowl

    Since I don't have enough half-finished projects around here, I'm trying to put together a nipple watering system for the peas. I think I have largely figured out how to do it, between the various posts and instructions and youtube videos, and I think I can keep it from freezing (since...
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